The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a 2014 action-adventure video game released alongside the film of the same name featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. It was published by Activision and developed by Beenox, who previously developed Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Spider-Man: Edge of Time and The Amazing Spider-Man. A Gameloft version was released on April 17 for iOS, and Android devices. It was released on April 29 in North America and May 2 in Europe for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, and Xbox 360. The Xbox One version was originally reported as delayed, but in the end it was released alongside the other platforms digitally, while the release of physical, boxed copies was delayed by 2 weeks.
Plot
The game begins with Peter Parker walking out of a convenience store, set two years in the past. The store clerk rushes by, tells Peter he has been robbed, and asks for help chasing the criminal. Peter ignores him stating “Not my problem.” Minutes later, Uncle Ben is shot by the escaping thief and dies with Peter watching on.Two years later, Spider-Man is still searching for Uncle Ben’s killer. Investigating a group of street thugs for leads, his cover is blown by a falling obstacle caused by Felicia Hardy. After subduing the street thugs, he questions them regarding the killer. One of the street thugs tells him that the man works for Herman Schultz, an illegal weapons smuggler. Spider-Man arrives at Schultz’s location, where his thugs are battling with Russian criminals over weapons. Spider-Man stops the gang fight and subdues Schultz, who identifies Uncle Ben’s killer as Dennis Carradine and that he obtains weapons for clients. He then uses a flashbang to escape. While trying to track down Carradine, Spider-Man stops some car thieves and rescues his friend Stan from a burning building. Peter later heads to the comic store to check up on Stan where he apologizes for what happened to his apartment. Spider-Man eventually finds Carradine, who begins fleeing in his car. Spider-Man chases Carradine’s car to an alleyway, where he finds Carradine murdered and buried under a pile of trash with a symbol on the wall reading “CK” in blood. Based on the initials, the police refer to CK as “The Carnage Killer”.After a gang incident at Oscorp Tower, OsCorp CEO Harry Osborn, and Wilson Fisk announce that their companies are working together to fund the Enhanced Crime Task Force, a privatized police force meant to contain criminals and Spider-Man. When Wilson Fisk offers to take OsCorp off of Harry’s hands, Harry rebuffs him. Wilson Fisk comments that he’ll wait until Harry dies from the disease that killed his father Norman Osborn. While Spider-Man is trying to stop a fight between street thugs and Russian Mobsters in Central Park, he finds a note on a bound street thug from someone called “Kraven the Hunter” offering him help. After stopping a shootout, Spider-Man meets Kraven, who offers to train Spider-Man, telling him to meet at his loft. Spider-Man considers the pros and cons of the situation and visits the loft as Peter, acting as though he were interviewing Kraven for the Daily Bugle. Kraven reveals that he came to New York to hunt OsCorp’s cross-species. After killing all of them, he chose to stay in the city and catch criminals.At home, Peter receives a call from Felicia (who now goes by the name of Black Cat), who stole Whitney Chang’s phone. She states that crime is going up and that Spider-Man is in danger. Spider-Man decides to meet Kraven, who wants to make Spider-Man a hunter as he has no son of his own. He offers to work together with Spider-Man to find the “Carnage Killer” and shows him how to catch bigger criminals. Trailing lesser Russian thugs into an underground hideout, Spider-Man finds a map containing the locations of where the Russian Mob operatives were killed by the “Carnage Killer” and a poster for an anti-crime fundraiser held by Wilson Fisk. Realizing that the Russian Mob plans to assassinate Fisk there, Spider-Man heads to the location.Arriving at the fundraiser as Peter, Spider-Man quietly subdues the Russian Mobsters. Afterwards, he changes back into Peter and encounters Felicia at the bar. As Fisk arrives at the fundraiser, Peter speaks with him to obtain info about his views on Spider-Man, the “Carnage Killer,” and the Russian Mob’s activities. After exiting the theater, Peter Parker changes into Spider-Man and finds the Russian Mob’s hideout. He destroys their high-tech weapons while taking out various thugs. Spider-Man hears that the Russian Mobsters have caught the “Carnage Killer” and finds a way to the hangar where he is being held. Spider-Man works to save a hostage who the Russian Mob mistakenly suspects of being the “Carnage Killer.” After saving the hostage, Spider-Man manages to get a description of the “Carnage Killer”. The next day, using the description and the map, Spider-Man and Kraven manage to track him down. They find Cletus Kasady threatening the driver of a drive-by shooting and Spider-Man ends up intervening. Kraven states that he is trying to unleash the killer instinct in Spider-Man, expecting him to kill Kasady. When Spider-Man refuses, Kraven leaves disappointed. Kasady is apprehended by the police and taken to Ravencroft where he meets Donald Menken.Following the defeat of the Russian Mob and Schultz’s gang, someone called the “Kingpin” begins filling in the power vacuum. Spider-Man hears of a break-in at the Kane Museum, supposedly perpetrated by him, and heads there, taking down the real criminals. Then, Black Cat shows up, sporting super-speed, and fights Spider-Man. Upon being defeated by Spider-Man, Black Cat stated that she was transferred to Ravencroft until she was freed by Kingpin who had his doctors do a cross-species experiment in exchange for her services. Denying Spider-Man’s help to get her into Witness Protection, Black Cat escapes. The nextday, Peter makes his way to Harry’s apartment in order to get some info on Wilson Fisk, who he believes to be the Kingpin. They find out that Fisk used OsCorp’s money to pay Kraven. Harry also tells Peter that he is dying and asks him for Spider-Man’s help, believing his blood can help him with a cure. Peter visits Harry as Spider-Man and tells him that he can’t give him his blood to evade a repeat of the Lizard incident, angering Harry. After the discussion, Spider-Man makes his way to Kraven’s loft to confront him. While there, he finds a secret room where he discovers that Kraven wants to hunt him before being tranquilized. Kraven takes Spider-Man to Central Park and states that he trained him in order to make Spider-Man a worthy opponent. Spider-Man defeats Kraven and coerces info from him on how to get to Kingpin.Arriving at Fisk Tower, Spider-Man infiltrates one of the trucks and rides it to Kingpin’s hideout. Spider-Man then proceeds to fight the Enhanced Crime Task Force soldiers and street thugs before entering the hideout and confronting Kingpin. Spider-Man defeats Kingpin and begins hacking his computer for incriminating evidence. However, Max Dillon, who calls himself Electro, begins to cause havoc in Manhattan, forcing Spider-Man to leave. Kingpin states that any evidence that Spider-Man plans to find will be gone by the time he returns. Spider-Man arrives in Manhattan to face Electro, who tells him that he was experimented on in Ravencroft. He blames Spider-Man for not saving him and letting then hurt him since they were “partners.” Spider-Man tries to calm Electro down, but he then goes into a rage and attacks Spider-Man leading to a fight across New York. Spider-Man eventually defeats Electro.Meanwhile, Harry Osborn discovers and injects himself with Richard Parker’s spider venom and starts to cause havoc in the OsCorp building prompting Spider-Man to investigate. Spider-Man encounters a now insane and grotesque Harry who now dubs himself the “Green Goblin”. Spider-Man regrettably defeats his former best friend.Afterwards, reports start to come in from the police that the RavenCroft Institute is under attack because of riots. Spider-Man then heads to investigate, and it is revealed by Donald Menken that they experimented on Cletus Kasady with a symbiotic red liquid code-named Venom (which was meant to cure Norman Osborn’s disease). Spider-Man rescues all the staff stuck in the riot, and then heads over to find Cletus, who has morphed inmates with the symbiote. The two fight and Cletus is overwhelmed by the symbiote and dubbing himself Carnage. The two keep fighting and the battle ends when Carnage is burned, leaving only Cletus on the ground.Some time later, Peter visits Stan again to talk about Uncle Ben when Stan encourages Peter to be the man that Uncle Ben wanted him to grow into.In the post-credits, Kingpin is on the phone with the Mayor of Manhattanabout the Carnage incident and that he will continue to finance the Enhanced Crime Task Force himself after the incident with Harry Osborn. After the call, Kingpin speaks to Chameleon, who has been posing as Donald Menken all along. When Chameleon asks what their next plan is, Kingpin states that “the real work begins.”
The game begins with Peter Parker walking out of a convenience store, set two years in the past. The store clerk rushes by, tells Peter he has been robbed, and asks for help chasing the criminal. Peter ignores him stating “Not my problem.” Minutes later, Uncle Ben is shot by the escaping thief and dies with Peter watching on.Two years later, Spider-Man is still searching for Uncle Ben’s killer. Investigating a group of street thugs for leads, his cover is blown by a falling obstacle caused by Felicia Hardy. After subduing the street thugs, he questions them regarding the killer. One of the street thugs tells him that the man works for Herman Schultz, an illegal weapons smuggler. Spider-Man arrives at Schultz’s location, where his thugs are battling with Russian criminals over weapons. Spider-Man stops the gang fight and subdues Schultz, who identifies Uncle Ben’s killer as Dennis Carradine and that he obtains weapons for clients. He then uses a flashbang to escape. While trying to track down Carradine, Spider-Man stops some car thieves and rescues his friend Stan from a burning building. Peter later heads to the comic store to check up on Stan where he apologizes for what happened to his apartment. Spider-Man eventually finds Carradine, who begins fleeing in his car. Spider-Man chases Carradine’s car to an alleyway, where he finds Carradine murdered and buried under a pile of trash with a symbol on the wall reading “CK” in blood. Based on the initials, the police refer to CK as “The Carnage Killer”.After a gang incident at Oscorp Tower, OsCorp CEO Harry Osborn, and Wilson Fisk announce that their companies are working together to fund the Enhanced Crime Task Force, a privatized police force meant to contain criminals and Spider-Man. When Wilson Fisk offers to take OsCorp off of Harry’s hands, Harry rebuffs him. Wilson Fisk comments that he’ll wait until Harry dies from the disease that killed his father Norman Osborn. While Spider-Man is trying to stop a fight between street thugs and Russian Mobsters in Central Park, he finds a note on a bound street thug from someone called “Kraven the Hunter” offering him help. After stopping a shootout, Spider-Man meets Kraven, who offers to train Spider-Man, telling him to meet at his loft. Spider-Man considers the pros and cons of the situation and visits the loft as Peter, acting as though he were interviewing Kraven for the Daily Bugle. Kraven reveals that he came to New York to hunt OsCorp’s cross-species. After killing all of them, he chose to stay in the city and catch criminals.At home, Peter receives a call from Felicia (who now goes by the name of Black Cat), who stole Whitney Chang’s phone. She states that crime is going up and that Spider-Man is in danger. Spider-Man decides to meet Kraven, who wants to make Spider-Man a hunter as he has no son of his own. He offers to work together with Spider-Man to find the “Carnage Killer” and shows him how to catch bigger criminals. Trailing lesser Russian thugs into an underground hideout, Spider-Man finds a map containing the locations of where the Russian Mob operatives were killed by the “Carnage Killer” and a poster for an anti-crime fundraiser held by Wilson Fisk. Realizing that the Russian Mob plans to assassinate Fisk there, Spider-Man heads to the location.Arriving at the fundraiser as Peter, Spider-Man quietly subdues the Russian Mobsters. Afterwards, he changes back into Peter and encounters Felicia at the bar. As Fisk arrives at the fundraiser, Peter speaks with him to obtain info about his views on Spider-Man, the “Carnage Killer,” and the Russian Mob’s activities. After exiting the theater, Peter Parker changes into Spider-Man and finds the Russian Mob’s hideout. He destroys their high-tech weapons while taking out various thugs. Spider-Man hears that the Russian Mobsters have caught the “Carnage Killer” and finds a way to the hangar where he is being held. Spider-Man works to save a hostage who the Russian Mob mistakenly suspects of being the “Carnage Killer.” After saving the hostage, Spider-Man manages to get a description of the “Carnage Killer”. The next day, using the description and the map, Spider-Man and Kraven manage to track him down. They find Cletus Kasady threatening the driver of a drive-by shooting and Spider-Man ends up intervening. Kraven states that he is trying to unleash the killer instinct in Spider-Man, expecting him to kill Kasady. When Spider-Man refuses, Kraven leaves disappointed. Kasady is apprehended by the police and taken to Ravencroft where he meets Donald Menken.Following the defeat of the Russian Mob and Schultz’s gang, someone called the “Kingpin” begins filling in the power vacuum. Spider-Man hears of a break-in at the Kane Museum, supposedly perpetrated by him, and heads there, taking down the real criminals. Then, Black Cat shows up, sporting super-speed, and fights Spider-Man. Upon being defeated by Spider-Man, Black Cat stated that she was transferred to Ravencroft until she was freed by Kingpin who had his doctors do a cross-species experiment in exchange for her services. Denying Spider-Man’s help to get her into Witness Protection, Black Cat escapes. The nextday, Peter makes his way to Harry’s apartment in order to get some info on Wilson Fisk, who he believes to be the Kingpin. They find out that Fisk used OsCorp’s money to pay Kraven. Harry also tells Peter that he is dying and asks him for Spider-Man’s help, believing his blood can help him with a cure. Peter visits Harry as Spider-Man and tells him that he can’t give him his blood to evade a repeat of the Lizard incident, angering Harry. After the discussion, Spider-Man makes his way to Kraven’s loft to confront him. While there, he finds a secret room where he discovers that Kraven wants to hunt him before being tranquilized. Kraven takes Spider-Man to Central Park and states that he trained him in order to make Spider-Man a worthy opponent. Spider-Man defeats Kraven and coerces info from him on how to get to Kingpin.Arriving at Fisk Tower, Spider-Man infiltrates one of the trucks and rides it to Kingpin’s hideout. Spider-Man then proceeds to fight the Enhanced Crime Task Force soldiers and street thugs before entering the hideout and confronting Kingpin. Spider-Man defeats Kingpin and begins hacking his computer for incriminating evidence. However, Max Dillon, who calls himself Electro, begins to cause havoc in Manhattan, forcing Spider-Man to leave. Kingpin states that any evidence that Spider-Man plans to find will be gone by the time he returns. Spider-Man arrives in Manhattan to face Electro, who tells him that he was experimented on in Ravencroft. He blames Spider-Man for not saving him and letting then hurt him since they were “partners.” Spider-Man tries to calm Electro down, but he then goes into a rage and attacks Spider-Man leading to a fight across New York. Spider-Man eventually defeats Electro.Meanwhile, Harry Osborn discovers and injects himself with Richard Parker’s spider venom and starts to cause havoc in the OsCorp building prompting Spider-Man to investigate. Spider-Man encounters a now insane and grotesque Harry who now dubs himself the “Green Goblin”. Spider-Man regrettably defeats his former best friend.Afterwards, reports start to come in from the police that the RavenCroft Institute is under attack because of riots. Spider-Man then heads to investigate, and it is revealed by Donald Menken that they experimented on Cletus Kasady with a symbiotic red liquid code-named Venom (which was meant to cure Norman Osborn’s disease). Spider-Man rescues all the staff stuck in the riot, and then heads over to find Cletus, who has morphed inmates with the symbiote. The two fight and Cletus is overwhelmed by the symbiote and dubbing himself Carnage. The two keep fighting and the battle ends when Carnage is burned, leaving only Cletus on the ground.Some time later, Peter visits Stan again to talk about Uncle Ben when Stan encourages Peter to be the man that Uncle Ben wanted him to grow into.In the post-credits, Kingpin is on the phone with the Mayor of Manhattanabout the Carnage incident and that he will continue to finance the Enhanced Crime Task Force himself after the incident with Harry Osborn. After the call, Kingpin speaks to Chameleon, who has been posing as Donald Menken all along. When Chameleon asks what their next plan is, Kingpin states that “the real work begins.”
Gameplay
The game retains its open world gameplay of previous entries in the franchise. The game’s free roam area of Manhattan is more expansive, spacious and detailed than that of the previous game’s, and most of the story takes place in the open world.[2] In addition to advanced combat and upgrades, there is different types of webbing (example, the player can use different webbings to freeze or blow up something on impact), and web-slinging is similar to that of Spider-Man 2 and its subsequent based games. Unlike the previous game, all versions of the game have free roam. The PS4 version can be played on the PS Vita using remote play, with optimized controls. The game re-innovated the web swinging mechanic, allowing for a more interactive and engaging experience swinging through New York City’s open world.[2] Unlike The Amazing Spider-Man video game, the player’s webs will appear to attach to buildings, although it still attaches to thin-air allowing the player to swing from anywhere in the city, regardless of whether buildings are present.[3] Now the player is only limited to the space around them in order to swing properly; if there is no object a web can attach to, the player will be unable to web swing and fall.[2] Additionally, the method of web-swinging has also been changed. Players playing on console systems will now web swing using the left and right triggers of the controllers. The left and right triggers take control of Spider-Man’s left and right hands, respectively (example, if a building appears on the left, the player is better suited to use the left trigger and if one appears on the right, the player would be better suited to use the right trigger to swing.) Both triggers can be held at the same time which allows players to boost Spider-Man´s swing speed.Morality is used in a new system known as “Hero or Menace” where players will be rewarded for stopping crimes or punished for not consistently doing so or not responding.[3] The player is able to upgrade Spider-Man’s web shooters. During certain sections of the game, the player can control Spider-Man’s alter ego Peter Parker and walk around doing detective work. Players have access to Peter Parker’s home, and his room allows players to replay previous missions from the main storyline, purchase upgrades and equip the various costumes available.[2]
The game retains its open world gameplay of previous entries in the franchise. The game’s free roam area of Manhattan is more expansive, spacious and detailed than that of the previous game’s, and most of the story takes place in the open world.[2] In addition to advanced combat and upgrades, there is different types of webbing (example, the player can use different webbings to freeze or blow up something on impact), and web-slinging is similar to that of Spider-Man 2 and its subsequent based games. Unlike the previous game, all versions of the game have free roam. The PS4 version can be played on the PS Vita using remote play, with optimized controls. The game re-innovated the web swinging mechanic, allowing for a more interactive and engaging experience swinging through New York City’s open world.[2] Unlike The Amazing Spider-Man video game, the player’s webs will appear to attach to buildings, although it still attaches to thin-air allowing the player to swing from anywhere in the city, regardless of whether buildings are present.[3] Now the player is only limited to the space around them in order to swing properly; if there is no object a web can attach to, the player will be unable to web swing and fall.[2] Additionally, the method of web-swinging has also been changed. Players playing on console systems will now web swing using the left and right triggers of the controllers. The left and right triggers take control of Spider-Man’s left and right hands, respectively (example, if a building appears on the left, the player is better suited to use the left trigger and if one appears on the right, the player would be better suited to use the right trigger to swing.) Both triggers can be held at the same time which allows players to boost Spider-Man´s swing speed.Morality is used in a new system known as “Hero or Menace” where players will be rewarded for stopping crimes or punished for not consistently doing so or not responding.[3] The player is able to upgrade Spider-Man’s web shooters. During certain sections of the game, the player can control Spider-Man’s alter ego Peter Parker and walk around doing detective work. Players have access to Peter Parker’s home, and his room allows players to replay previous missions from the main storyline, purchase upgrades and equip the various costumes available.[2]
Development
The game was announced at New York Comic Con October 2013 slated for a Spring 2014 release. It was announced that Beenox would be developing the game.
Motion capture performances were provided by Aaron Schoenke of Bat in the Sun Productions, as well as Sean T. Krishnan and Alina Andrei.[4]
The game was announced at New York Comic Con October 2013 slated for a Spring 2014 release. It was announced that Beenox would be developing the game.
Motion capture performances were provided by Aaron Schoenke of Bat in the Sun Productions, as well as Sean T. Krishnan and Alina Andrei.[4]
Marketing
A small teaser trailer was released at the New York Comic Con in 2013 to support the first announcement of the game. In January 2014, the first trailer for the game was released to the public. The release date for the console versions was announced in March 2014. The walkthrough trailer was released on 27 March 2014. The launch trailer for the mobile version was released upon the release of the game.
A small teaser trailer was released at the New York Comic Con in 2013 to support the first announcement of the game. In January 2014, the first trailer for the game was released to the public. The release date for the console versions was announced in March 2014. The walkthrough trailer was released on 27 March 2014. The launch trailer for the mobile version was released upon the release of the game.
Reception
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 received mixed reviews upon release, with most of the critisms aimed at the graphics, story, and glitches. The iOS version of the game has a weighted aggregate rating of 58/100 on Metacritic, based on 11 reviews,[11] and 57.50% on GameRankings, based 8 reviews,[5] the PlayStation 3 version of the game has 59.00% on GameRankings, based on 1 review,[8] the PlayStation 4 version of the game has 54.02% on GameRankings, based on 5 reviews,[7] and 50/100 on Metacritic, based on 7 reviews.[12] the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were reviewed as “inferior” to the Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions, primarily due to the fact that the older console versions suffered from poor lighting, frame rate drops, and poorly detailed textures. The PS4 version of the game received a 5.4/10 from IGN.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 received mixed reviews upon release, with most of the critisms aimed at the graphics, story, and glitches. The iOS version of the game has a weighted aggregate rating of 58/100 on Metacritic, based on 11 reviews,[11] and 57.50% on GameRankings, based 8 reviews,[5] the PlayStation 3 version of the game has 59.00% on GameRankings, based on 1 review,[8] the PlayStation 4 version of the game has 54.02% on GameRankings, based on 5 reviews,[7] and 50/100 on Metacritic, based on 7 reviews.[12] the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions were reviewed as “inferior” to the Playstation 4 and Xbox One versions, primarily due to the fact that the older console versions suffered from poor lighting, frame rate drops, and poorly detailed textures. The PS4 version of the game received a 5.4/10 from IGN.
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